John,

STR() by default returns a 10 character right justified string. My guess is that your label is too narrow to display the spaces to the left of your number and the number itself. You could use LTRIM(STR(a)) or make your label wider or set its Autosize to .T.

>Hi,
> I would Like to set value to Label.caption. The value is in numeric type. I tried out the following code, it made the label invisible/(I don see it) in my form.......any ideas???
>
> a = a + b
> Thisform.Label1.caption = str(a)
>
>
>Thank you